PET/CT in Gynecological Cancers (eBook)

This book is a pocket guide to the science and practice of PET/CT imaging of gynecological malignancies. The scientific principles of PET/CT, the radiopharmaceuticals used in the context of gynecological cancers, the role of PET/CT in these patients, the characteristic PET/CT findings, and limitations and pitfalls are all clearly described. In addition, information is provided on clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, pathology, management, and radiological imaging. The book is published within the Springer series Clinicians' Guides to Hybrid Imaging, which is aimed at referring clinicians, nuclear medicine/radiology physicians, radiographers/technologists, and nurses who routinely work in nuclear medicine and participate in multidisciplinary meetings. Compiled under the auspices of the British Nuclear Medicine Society, the series is the joint work of many colleagues and professionals worldwide who share a common vision and purpose in promoting and supporting nuclear medicine as an important imaging specialty for the diagnosis and management of oncological and non-oncological conditions.

Tara Barwick is a dual accredited Consultant in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London and Imperial College London.  Her main clinical and research interests are hybrid imaging with SPECT/CT and PET/CT, particularly in genitourinary cancer. 

Andrea Rockall is a Consultant Radiologist and Visiting Professor of Radiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London.  She has a special interest in gynaecologic, urologic and endocrine imaging as well as functional imaging in genitourinary cancer.  She is currently the Chair of the Female Pelvic Imaging Group of the European Society of Uroradiology.